Sec. 303. Sense of Congress on maintaining a national laboratory in space
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It is the sense of Congress that— the United States segment of the ISS (designated a national laboratory under section 70905 of title 51, United States Code)— benefits the scientific community and promotes commerce in space; fosters stronger relationships among NASA and other Federal agencies, the private sector, and research groups and universities; advances science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through utilization of the unique microgravity environment; and advances human knowledge and international cooperation; after the ISS is decommissioned, the United States should maintain a national laboratory in space; in maintaining a national laboratory described in paragraph (2), the United States should make appropriate accommodations for different types of ownership and operational structures for the ISS and future space stations; the national laboratory described in paragraph
(2)should be maintained beyond the date that the ISS is decommissioned and, if possible, in cooperation with international space partners to the extent practicable; and NASA should continue to support fundamental science research on future platforms in low-Earth orbit and cis-lunar space.